Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-14
Romance of the Mines.

Il This is indeed a peculiar world"
Moid a mining expert mt the Planters
81 YESTERDAY Here pick up the
a ,sners and read Of Mrs. Mackay's 90
& ars in PariS-how she receives the
d lions of ROYALTY how She entertains,
d ow she appears at the opera, how she
s. resscs. and how she does thousand
Il tber things: and then | can scarcely
n anceive that eighteen years ago she
d emf clearinghouse in Virginia City
a nd that was one of her boarders.
T. il is true. and | often ponder over
n She was a young widow then,
ssith an interesting child who has
b pce matured into a young lady and
- recently married to an Italian
Pine Of some kind That little girl
as often sat on my knee with a little
a IN can i'm her hand which contained
h. contributions Of her admirers. In
Sahose days we lived principally on cam
il ed food. and Mrs. Mackay's back
II ard was paved with tin cans. The
Yfhld had selected a very pretty can,
III hich one of the boarders transformed
into a little bank. This was partly
sfnedwith coin, the result Of a tribute
shich she levied on her friends. She
II Would climb on the boarders' knees,
1pd, shaking her little bank, would
H.: is YOU lucky to-day?' This
xacrv had the desired effect and the
imk receipts were increased Even
IA her DAYS of distress Mrs. Mackay
a. a GOOD woman. She personally
speriutcndod affairs and made her
boarders as comfortable as possible. |
H., then "a superintendent under Fair,
"a nj Mackay was already 4 millionaire.
aAmug stock was the rage then and l
~ membcr often how She would come
III me and some of the other boardcrs
"a da~k our advice about certain stocks,
Ia b. ann happy TO say that the advice
81 gave her was good, and if / had
i Ken # myself would now be So
A0uuJ or S6.OOO.O0O better of than
Han.
# Then Mackay took shine to the
pduW. and being raputed one Of the
N altlic-t men in the camp he found
sHootu sailing. He couldn't win on
a shape nor his beauty, for everybody
xho has seen Ma,Eay knows that he
soudu take prize in a congress of
Sbuuty. They were married, and the
httla gil no longer sat on miners
kner-, and mamma $ delicate hand
o. longer placed corubeef and cabbage
"a miners plates. They rose faster
o. Sheridan stock did last summer,
~ only difference being that their rise
" Ia, backed by hard coin. The great
(om~tock lode continued to pour forth
" riches and Mackay and his partner
brmc immensely wealthy. Although
Snared IN poor circumstances, Mrs.
Aackay showed her good sense by Sc
Griug private tutor by whom she
ri drilled and educated for five years.
I'll little daughter was put through
II same course and fitted to shine in
u most cultured society of the Old
World. Then came the conquests in
Nv York, san Francisco, and finally
" trips to Europe. A year ago was
4 Paris and one evening attended
p tomuce at the Grand Opera-House.
n was the first night, and prominent
N private box were two ladies be-
IA c6yd with diamonds and festooned
u th flowers. They were the cynosure
~ all eyes and leyeling my glasses,
kd covered behind the silks, flowers.
Ia Il diamonds the face of my former
kaa.ady i'm Virginia City. The out
p We're the same, but time had
|sou@ht hts changes The young lady
Ev l1 her was the little Girl who used
IN play ON my knee. She had grown
LII u my recollection. As / stood
Eh AIo- at them midst the flashing
~ hts .ho incense Of flowers, and the
~ Ie"'- music, ! could not help re-
M ah- metHin- OF
III ae oH" wau breasted high water.
MI o It North lurE and an that
III '''".u. Ni.a 0lA '1.au,becs daughter,
pug E .. iaE"riy t#t'
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